Populism is the culture-wide attempt to restore Kings. A quarter of a century is about as good as it gets,…

Populism is the culture-wide attempt to restore Kings. A quarter of a century is about as good as it gets, which is nothing in historical terms. Populism always founders on succession. Cronyism tries to shoehorn the leader’s family into the role. It rarely works. 1/2 https://t.co/1ix3Aeh52V

Hereditary monarchies emerged to remove any rivalry for the top job. Societies could then pursue non-status things. Electoral democracies compress all of history into 3-5 year cycles. Barely a century on, all are collapsing under populist surges trying to restore kings. /end